Coin packing tube



' June 3,- 1941. M. L. SLOOTSKY COIN PACKING TUBE Filed June 12, 1939INVENTOR. BY Womb L. aQwEW Pa m ATTORNEY Patented June 3, 1941 53 PATEN'3 Claims.

This invention relates to coin packing tubes for use in banks andbusiness establishments using large quantities of various coins. Severalcoin packages are now known in the art, and it is an object of thepresent invention to improve such coin packages, especially those madeof paper. Among the various features of the invention are:

To providea cylindrical paper tube which may be formed of a plurality oflayers of paper, which may be wound upon itself, having end enclosurespartly severed from the tube by straight, trans verse lines of cuttingthrough the wall of the tube so that the wall of the tube outside theline of cutting can be pinched together quickly between'the thumb andforefinger to form a stop or closure for the ends of the tube when ithas been filled with a predetermined number of coins.

Another feature of the invention is the pro. vision of closures of thetype set forth on opposite ends of the tube with the lines of cuttingonreach end spaced from each other so as to measure a definite number ofcoins in the stack that is inserted to prevent a larger number of coins:being sealed in the container than is desired;

In one form of the invention, the transverse straightiline cuts on eachend are formed diametrically opposite each other so that the ends ofthe" wallsof'the tube are pushed inwardly on opposite sides to formconcave curves parallel with'the walls of the tube, overlying the coinin the end ofthe tube and also exposing the coin to View. By providing asufiicient length'at the ends outside of the cuts for the enclosure, astrong durable seal is provided which permits the stack of coins whenplaced in the tube to be dropped on the floor or'subject to other abuse,without'the' package breaking open, and yet the package can be easilybroken open by a blow on the table to burst the paper which forms thewall of the tube about-the coins. The inside diameter of the tubes ismade to conform with the particular coin to be packaged.

These tubes can be very easily and cheaply manufactured by winding thepaper in any of the well-known automatic machines in the form of tubesof the desired size for particular coins, and automatically cutting thetubes apart, and also partially cutting the walls ofthe tube to provideend closures. The tube is also especially useful in connection with acoin packaging device having grooves embodied in my co-pendingapplication Ser. No. 277,602, filed June 6, 19 39, new Patent 2,215,858dated Sept. 24, 1940, because a stiff circular end wall is provided forbringing the tube into position at the open end of a groove forreceiving the stack of coins from the groove.

Other features of the invention will appear as the: descriptionproceeds.

Reference is made to the drawing, in which Fi-gfl is a plan view,showing a container in packing position.

Fig. 2 is a plan view, showing the right end of the tube closed.

Fig. 3 is an end View of the tube before the end closed.

Fig. 4 is-a plan view with both ends closed.

Fig. 5 is an end View of-the closed end.

Fig. 6 is an end view of a modification.

As shown in the drawing, a tube Ill is mounted on a single stackingblock B such as shown in my above-mentioned co-pending application,provided" with a coin-receiving groove C which has acounter-sunkcylindrical support atthe open end of the groove C so thatthe end of thertube 1m can-be brought up close to the end of thegroove'C'and'a stack of coins A placed in the grooveCmay be pushed withthe finger in a slightly inclined position into the tube C.

The tube I'll may be manufactured on automatic machinery of low-pricedpaper rolled into any desired number of laminations and secured togetherby any suitable adhesive. A plurality of tubes lfl'may be rolled at thesame time in a single automatic machine and, after the parent tube isformed, out into suitable lengths. The tube l0 may be formed of anydesired diameter and of any desired length to accommodate vari- 0118coins 01 annular diSCS S1161). as are used as tokens on street railways.Near each end of the tube closures may be formed by cutting through thewall of the end transversely to the axis of the tube to form oppositearcuate end sections H and I2 separated by arcuate sections l3 and 14which are integral with the wall of the adjoining tube I0. On theopposite end of the tube, arcuate sections l5 and a similar arcuatesection of the same size and form opposite to the section i5 areconnected by arcuate sections i6 and I! formed in the end of the tubeand connecting the cutaway arcuate sections such as l5, and thatopposite to it. At the left end as shown in Fig. 2, straight transversecuts l8 and it may be made by the automatic machine, these cuts beingperpendicular to the axis of the tube and having any suitable depth; inthe form shown, the depth is sufficient to cut approximately 120 degreesof the circle which forms the outer wall of the tube. At the other end,a cut 2| is formed perpendicular to the axis of the tube to form a freearcuate end l and a similar opposed cut to form an arcuate sectionopposite to the section 15. As shown in Fig. 5, the free sections II and12 have been pinched together by the thumb and fin e 0 m wardly archedsections, the inner edges of which are in the same planes as thetransverse cut edges [8 and I9, so that when coins A are packed in thetubes, the cut lines intersect the outer wall of the coin and the inneredges of the sections II and I2 engage and hold the coin securely and ina position perpendicular to the axis of the tube. The cutting of thelines [8 and I9 and the lines 2| and the opposed line on the oppositeside of the tube, may be measured to exactly coincide with the ends of apredetermined stack of coins A placed in the tube so that it isimpossible to pinch together the closures at both ends of the tube ifthe stack of coins contains more than the predetermined number. Suitableindicia may be printed directly on the tube or on a label afiixed to thetube indicating the exact contents of the tube when both ends areclosed. It will also be noted that the coins are visible in the closedtube at one or both ends so that if the indicia of the tube be marred orerased so as not to be easily read, the contents of the tube are clearlyshown by turning the tube on end. This closure may be used only on oneend and a different closure on the other. The walls of the tube areprovided with a sufficient number of laminations and with a paper ofsufficient strength so that the tube resists all normal tendency toburst, even when dropped on the floor and to maintain the enclosures intheir sealed or pinched-together position. It is customary to break openpaper tubes of coins formed in stacks by striking the package on theside on a table or counter, after which the coins are easily dischargedfrom the package, and the structure of the tube I0 is such that theusual practice may be employed in bursting open these tubes to removethe stack of coins packed in them.

As shown in Fig. 6, a modification has a single transverse cut 22slightly less than a half of the circle forming the wall of the tube andleaving a portion 23 at the end of and connected with the tube which isslightly more than half the circle forming the wall of the tube Ill.This tube may be sealed to close the end by pinching on the outer wall23 and on the cutaway section 24 so that the section 24 is archedinwardly to overlie the end of a stack of coins.

Now that I have disclosed my invention, many modifications therein willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, such as varying the size ofthe cuts formed in the ends of the tube, varying their number, changingthe material of which the tube is made, changing its size, changing itsform in cross-section to accommodate coins or tokens of other thancircular outline, combining a single closure made in the form of myinvention with a different form of closure at the opposite end of thetube, sealing the laminations of the tube otherwise than by adhesive, orthose skilled in the art may make other changes within the scope of myinvention so that I do not limit myself, except as in the appendedclaims.

I claim:

1. A coin-packing tube for use in packaging stacks of discs comprisingin combination, a cylindrical tube having an end enclosure partlysevered from the tube by a straight, transverse line of cutting throughthe wall of the tube so that the wall of the tube at the end outside theline of cutting is of a lengthwise extent substantially equal to thedistance between the ball and the end of the finger and can be pinchedtogether quickly between the thumb and forefinger to form a curvedlinear stop entirely in the plane of the cut edge and strongly supportedby the unsevered end of the tube against the pressure of a stack ofmetal discs.

2. A coin-packing tube for use in packaging stacks of coins comprisingin combination, a cylindricaltube having end enclosures, both of the endclosures being partly severed from the tube by a straight, transverseline of cutting through the wall of the tube so that the wall of thetube at the ends outside the line of cutting is of a lengthwise extentsubstantially equal to the distance between the ball and the end of thefinger and can be pinched together quickly between the thumb andforefinger to form a curved linear stop entirely in the plane of the cutedge and strongly supported by the unsevered end of the tube when thetube has been filled with a predetermined number of coins, the straightline of cutting at one end being so spaced from the other end as tomeasure a definite number of coins in the stack to be inserted, and toprevent the sealing of the closure when the stack contains more coinsthan the predetermined number.

3. A coin-packing tube for use in packaging stacks of coins comprisingin combination, a cylindrical tube having an end enclosure partlysevered from the tube by opposite straight, transverse lines of cuttingthrough the wall of the tube in the same plane so that the wall of thetube at the end outside the line of cutting is of a lengthwise extentsubstantially equal to the distance between the ball and the end of thefinger and can be pinched together quickly between the thumb andforefinger to form a pair of opposed linear curved stops entirely in theplane of the cut edges and strongly supported by the unsevered end ofthe tube when the tube has been filled with a predetermined number ofcoins, the lines of cutting at the end being diametrically opposed toeach other whereby the end may be pinched together transverselysubstantially in the form of a dumbbell.

MORRIS L. SLOOTSKY.

